%0 Journal Article %T Inflation, dark energy, and dark matter %A Ranku Kalita %J - %D 2017 %R 10.14419/ijaa.v5i1.7180 %X Inflation leads to £¿ = 1 for the big bang universe, and which is indeed observed. However, the presence of two mysterious constituents in the big bang universe ¨C dark energy and dark matter ¨C also produces £¿ = 1. This paper utilizes propositions about the nature of dark energy and dark matter to trace their origins to the contents of the inflationary universe. %U https://www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/IJAA/article/view/7180